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Behavior Modification Wristwatch
A wristwatch including a watch band and a watch body having an octagon shaped perimeter and being red in color and having the word STOP thereon to resemble a stop sign.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8442670 | Automated surface preparations for the inner surface of a tire Automated treatment operations for preparing the inner surface of a tire for patch application is provided. One exemplary method includes the steps of locating the tire on a tire support, identifying a target area for preparing that is located on the inner surface o... | 05/14/2013 |
| 8437873 | Automated bike parking system System, device and method for providing public, high-density bicycle storage and protection from elements and theft. System includes overhead conveyors from which bicycles are hung in a near side/far side arrangement where handlebars of only every other bicycle are ... | 05/07/2013 |
| 8423177 | Dynamic item-space allocation and retrieval Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to staging manufactured items and provide a method, system and computer program product for staging items in a manufacturing environment. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for ... | 04/16/2013 |
| 8406915 | Mobile rack for a library and RFID system for a library including the same The present disclosure relates to a mobile rack for a library and an RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) system for a library including the same, wherein the mobile rack includes a plurality of racks configured to keep books each attached with an RFID tag and moun... | 03/26/2013 |
| 8326451 | Inventory control and method An inventory control system and method uses a locating device associated with a mover and identifies an ID tagged asset using an ID reader also associated with the mover. Thus, a single relatively high-cost locating device may be temporarily associated with the asse... | 12/04/2012 |
| 8311662 | Document profile detection Systems and method of processing one or more documents are shown and described. The orientation of a magnetic character is sensed on the document. The orientation is processed and used to control a sort processing device. ... | 11/13/2012 |
| 8306651 | Pharmacy will-call and prescription order article management system A pharmacy will-call and prescription order article management system and method for managing articles selected to fulfill patient prescription orders awaiting patient pick-up from the pharmacy. An exemplary system includes a storage module including a plurality of ... | 11/06/2012 |
| 8280548 | Optimizing vehicle loading operations Computer-implemented method of loading goods stored in a warehouse on a vehicle for transporting and delivering to a number of destination locations, whereby the destination locations are on a predetermined route, comprising the following steps: receiving a number o... | 10/02/2012 |
| 8175745 | Method to audit portable cassettes removeably disposed in a data storage library comprising a pass-through accessor A method to audit portable cassettes removeably disposed in a data storage library comprising a plurality of storage slots, a plurality of portable cassettes removeably disposed in one or more of said plurality of storage slots, and a pass-through accessor comprisin... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8116904 | Object search apparatus and method An object search apparatus acquires, from each IC tag of IC tags corresponding to objects respectively, an object information item including an identifier of an object, a hierarchical level, a detection method for detection of the object, and a manipulation method f... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8060241 | Automatic warehouse Stations (8,9) of an automatic warehouse (2) are provided with transfer devices (10) for transferring an article one by one between a tray and a bucket, and hands (11, 12) of the transfer devices are provided with an ID tag reader and wri... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8036773 | System, method and corresponding apparatus for storing, retrieving and delivering unit dose blisters A system, method and corresponding apparatus are provided for storing, retrieving and delivering unit dose blisters in their natural, raw state (i.e., without over-wrapping or repackaging). In particular, a plurality of unit dose blister mounts are configured to pos... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8024062 | Method and apparatus to inventory portable data storage cartridges disposed in a storage library A portable data storage cartridge, comprising a housing and a data storage medium disposed within the housing. The portable data storage cartridge further comprises a first label reciting an identifier disposed on a front portion of the housing, and a second label d... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7957833 | Asset localization identification and movement system and method A system and method for identification and location of an asset by tracking the mover of the asset using a locating device associated with the mover and identifying the asset using an identification reader associated with the mover and a passive identification tag a... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7826920 | Tote-based warehousing system and method A warehousing system includes a container for storing at least one item, a first electronic (e.g., radio frequency identification (RFID)) module associated with the first container, and a controller which wirelessly communicates with first electronic module, for dir... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7664567 | Warehouse system When an article is taken out from an automatic warehouse (6), value information is written in an unmodifiable manner into an ID tag fitted to the article. When the value information is needed to know, the value information is read from the ID tag (30) ... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7443282 | System and a method, including software and hardware, for providing real-time and synchronization views of supply chain information A system and method, including software and hardware, for providing an accurate, real-time, and synchronized view of supply chain information. The system utilizes various RFID technologies (like an RFID tag, an RFID reader, and an RFID middleware software) to collec... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7432797 | Prefetching manifest data in an RFID system In an RFID system having an edge controller and a tag reader that is operably connected to the edge controller, a manifest of items having RFID tags tracked by the RFID system is identified, and data from the manifest is downloaded to the edge controller in anticipa... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7413396 | Article storage facility and system for the same A storage shelf 4 is provided which has, for example, two rotatable mounts 18, 19. A notch 41 is formed in the mount 18 so that a cassette 34 can be freely transferred between the lower mount 19 and an overhead travelling ca... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7411502 | Radio frequency identification tag based tray and tray receiving method and apparatus A tray (201) comprises electrically conductive material and has at least one hand-graspable fixture (203). This hand-graspable fixture comprises an electrical conductor (301) disposed in a location that is likely to be operably interacted with b... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7403927 | Method of manufacturing an item of build-to-order equipment A method of manufacturing a build-to-order PC system unit having at least one hardware component, e.g. motherboard, bearing a unique identifier (“component ID”) in software readable form. The method comprises generating a digital identifier (“system trackcode... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7394380 | System and method for improved item tracking A method for tracking objects, including identifying and locating an object using a first method, identifying and locating a person using a second method, and associating the object and the person. ... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7380723 | Monitoring object movement An object identifier for an object is read in a first reading area and a second reading area. A time the object entered the first reading area and a time the object exited the first reading area is determined. Also, a time the object entered the second reading area ... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7369049 | System for isolating radio propagation zones A radio frequency identification (RFID) system including a transponder, an antenna, and a reader, the antenna coupled to the reader, the antenna and the reader for transmitting a radio signal to the transponder and for receiving a response radio signal from the tran... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7369050 | Curtain for isolating radio propagation zones A curtain for a radio frequency identification (RFID) system including a transponder, an antenna, and a reader, the antenna coupled to the reader, the antenna and the reader for transmitting a radio signal to the transponder and for receiving a response radio signal... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7370005 | Inventory replication based upon order fulfillment rates A load balancing technology segregates various inventory types (e.g., potatoes vs. milk, vs. pretzels, vs. tissue paper, etc.) based upon how frequently they are ordered in a distribution center. Inventory types that are ordered at the slowest rate are not “replic... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7369051 | Method for isolating radio propagation zones A method for using a radio frequency identification (RFID) system including a transponder, an antenna, and a reader, the antenna coupled to the reader, the antenna and the reader for transmitting a radio signal to the transponder and for receiving a response radio s... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7369353 | Apparatus for tape cartridge retention during transport A tape cartridge transport assembly for moving a tape cartridge between a first library and a second library includes a guide arrangement disposable between the first and second libraries, and a cartridge carrier that is moveable along the guide arrangement. The car... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7363107 | Substrate transfer system A substrate transfer system is used in fabricating a liquid crystal display (LCD) device. The system includes a cassette having a bar code, a cassette stocker to store the cassette; an auto guided vehicle that is able to transfer the cassette; a moving path unit to ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7363104 | Product storage and picking system and method of storing and picking products A product storage and picking system having a plurality of shelves each with a front, a rear, a top, a bottom and spaced sides. The plurality of shelf units are arranged in first and second side-by-side rows with the shelf units in each of the first and second rows ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7350715 | Tracking electronic devices Tracking electronic devices that are equipped with tracking tags and that are stored in designated locations. The position of a reading device is monitored as it traverses the designated locations of the electronic devices and is activated to interrogate the trackin... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7339476 | Systems and methods that integrate radio frequency identification (RFID) technology with industrial controllers The subject invention relates to systems and methods that provide electronic data (e.g., Electronic Product Code (EPC) data) obtained from Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags by RFID readers and/or from servers to one or more industrial components (e.g., cont... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7337961 | Location determining system with rotating laser beam and bar code reflectors A method and system for providing accurate location of a consumer service device (CSD) in a retail establishment via light modulated by a reflector with a location code. A plurality of location code reflectors (LCRs) are hung from the ceiling of the retail establish... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7336177 | RFID system and method for tracking individual articles A RFID related system and method for tracking articles that are not individually labeled with RFID tags. A transporter with an RFID reader identifies a carrier with an RFID tag as it is disposed onto the transporter. The location and/or number of the disassociated a... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7333293 | Storage system having a reader with a light sensing portion inclined with respect to an axis of a label of a storage medium A storage system includes at least one storage medium having a label, the label having a width extending along a first axis. The tape storage system further includes a reader to read the label based on light scanned across the label, where the reader has a light sen... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7328084 | System and method for carrier identification in a pneumatic tube system A system and method provides for the identification and monitoring of carriers within a pneumatic carrier system. Each carrier which is to be employed within the system includes an identification device such as a radio frequency identification (RFID) chip which has ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7321305 | Systems and methods for determining a location of an object A system for determining a location of an object. The system includes an object location tracker and a computer system. The object location tracker is configured for attachment to a mobile vehicle and includes an object identification reading device and a position-t... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7319912 | Management system for semiconductor manufacturing equipment A management system for semiconductor manufacturing equipment in a manufacturing facility is provided. The system includes a host computer communicating with a tracking server, the tracking server communicating with a wireless network adapted to communicate with a r... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7314341 | Automatic storage device and climate controlled cabinet with such a device The invention relates to a storage device and a climate controlled cabinet with a storage assembly and a transport device. For minimizing the access times, the transport device can be arranged in the center of a rotating table. The storage assembly is arranged on th... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7313460 | Package handling system with kickout labeling A package handling system for use with a plurality of packages having package identification thereon. The system of one embodiment comprises processing stations where packages having heterogeneous contents are processed. One or more identifiers are positioned at the... | 12/25/2007 |
